Rail for street-railways and chairs



(No Model.)

I; H. RAND ALL. RAIL FOR STREET RAILWAYS" AND CHAIRS. No. 382,385.

Patented May 8, 1888.

N PETERS, Phmwm n hu, Washington. 0. c.

* Ihvrrao STATES A'IENT @rricne ISAAC H. RANDALL, OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

RAIL FOR STREET-RAILWAYS AND CHAIRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,385, dated May 8,1888.

Application filed August 2,1886. Serial No. 209,826. (No model.)

, and combined substantially as hereinafter described, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a transverse section, taken on line 1 1in Fig. 2, of a rail and chair embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a sideView of a portion of two rails and a side view of two chairs. Fig. 3 isa longitudinal section of the chair B; and Fig. 4, a transverse section,taken on line 2 2 in Fig. 2, of the chair 0.

A transverse section of the rail A presents, in general, somewhat theform of the letter U inverted. It is provided with the tread a,

horizontal flange b, and vertical lip or flange 0, a groove, d, beingformed by these parts, which parts constitute the upper portion of therail. There are two vertical webs, e e, each having a broader base oroutwardly-extending flange, f, The chair B is provided with a base, g,preferably rectangular, a standard, h, preferably round and tapering,and a long horizontal portion or seat, consisting of a vertical part orblock, 2', and a horizontalflange, j, on each side. The chair 0 is alsoprovided with a similar base, g, a standard, h, a vertical part orblock, i, and flangesj. The upper portion or seat of chair 0 may beshorter than that of chair B and cored out differently to be of lessweight, as shown, A chair, B, supports the ends of two meeting railsChairs like chair 0 are to be placed at suitable intervals under eachrail. The base or flanges f of a rail rest on the flanges j of thechairs. The block or vertical part i of each chair comes between thewebs e e of the rail, making-a suitable fit with the sides of the same,Bolts k extend transversely through the webs e e of the rail and theblocks i of the chairs, the rail being se cured firmly to the chairs bymeans of these bolts and nuts Z. The long vertical part i of a chair, B,thus becomes a tie-block for the ends of meeting rails, As many of thebolts as are needed may be parts of transverse rods D, each of whichforms a bolt at the other end to fasten a parallel rail to its chair,and thus becomes a tie-rod to assist in maintaining parallel rails inplace with reference to each other. Each of the chairs is spikeddirectly onto a transverse stringer or sleeper, E. Blocks F of apavement are shown in Fig. l to illustrate the position of the rails,chairs, and sleepers relative thereto.

The tread a, flange b,and lip a make the upper part of the rail of thebest form for a grooved rail. The webs e e, in conjunction with theblock 2' and flangesjj of a chair, provide means, together with thebolts and nuts, for holding the rail firmly and for tying meeting railssecurely. The broad base gand. standard h make the chair simple and ofcomparatively small cost, while being very strong and of a form to bereadily and securely fastened directly on the sleeper. In general theform and compactness of the rail and chairs adapt them especially topavements, since the blocks thereof may be placed closely thereto,leaving but little space to be filled by loose material.

Those parts of the railway which are technically called switches andfrogs are of such form that they cannot be made of rolled iron, but mustbe cast. It will be readily seen that I can so shape these switches andfrogs that each in transverse section will be similar to my rail-thatis, it will have the vertical webs e e and the outwardly-extend ingflanges f f, so that it may be readily cast, will correspond in generalform with the rails, and may be supported by my chairs, as shown anddescribed. This is a desirable feature in my invention, and makes myrail superior to other deep rails, which are of such form that the frogsand switches cannot be conveniently cast to correspond to the rails, soas to be supported or held in place by de vices like those employed forthe rails.

I claim as my invention- 1. A chair for a railway-rail provided with andseat composed of a tie-blockgi, and flanges j, substantially as setforth.

ISAAC H. RANDALL.

a base, standard h, and seat composed of vertical part or block z andhorizontal flanges j, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5 2. 'In combination with two meeting rails, Witnesses:

each provided with two vertical webs, e e, a W. E. WOODWARD, chair, B,provided with a'base, 9, standard h, 1 EDW. DUMMER.

